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Sherborne power cuts update

We’ve had an update from SSE regarding the power cuts in Sherborne.

A spokesperson said: “We were alerted to a power cut in Harbour Road, Sherborne at 3.30pm on Wednesday. Four customers were affected by damage to an underground cable, with supply restored at 1.20am on Thursday morning.”

“We would like to apologise to our customers for any inconvenience this power cut has caused and thank them for their patience while our engineers worked to safely restore their supply.”

13:44

Meet the world's happiest lizard :)

Smaug lives in Taunton with his owner Charlotte Birch (Image: SWNS)

The world’s happiest lizard has become an internet celebrity with thousands of followers - because he can’t stop smiling.

Smaug the smiley mini dragon, who lives with his owner in Taunton, has almost 4,000 followers on the social media site Instagram, making him Britain’s most famous reptile.

Power cuts in Sherborne?

We’ve now been getting reports on social media that SSE, in the process of cutting the power to the disused site, may have accidentally cut power to some of the surrounding houses.

We don’t know at this stage how many homes have been affected. SSE has been approached for comment.

11:06Thomas Cock

One lane of M5 closed

One lane of the M5 southbound is closed between junctions J22 and J23, near Burnham-on-Sea. The hard shoulder and lane 1 are close while a wheel is changed on a vehicle. Disruption to traffic is expected to remain until between 11:30 and 11:45.

10:58Thomas Cock

Sainbury's and business park 'could bring in £100m'

Plans for the Bunford Park business park expansion in Yeovil have been officially submitted to the council.

Abbey Manor Group and Sainsbury’s have submitted plans to South Somerset District Council for the new business and industrial space, which will include a Sainsbury’s store, new accesses, a bus stop and a cycle link to connect the new development to Yeovil Town Centre and surrounding areas.

They believe the park, next to the Lynx Trading Estate will help deliver an annual boost of £100 million to the local economy.

Trouble on the M4

One lane is closed westbound on the M4 between Junction 16 (Swindon West) and Junction 17 (Chippenham) after a car and a van collided.

The vehicles went down the embankment after the collision and police are at the scene arranging recovery of both the car and the van.

Traffic is said to be coping well.

08:44

Could Kris Marshall still join Doctor Who?

Kris Marshall, pictured at this year's National Television Awards, was tipped to play the 13th Doctor (Image: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Somerset actor Kris Marshall is out of the running to be the next Doctor - but reports suggest that he could still appear in the TARDIS in the near future.

The Death in Paradise star, who lives in Somerset, was hotly tipped to take over from Peter Capaldi before the BBC announced on Sunday (July 16) that Broadchurch’s Jodie Whittaker would be the new Time Lady.

But Mr Marshall may not have been totally shut out of the universe’s most famous police box, with unconfirmed reports suggesting that he may be joining the show as a companion.

Can you help police to find this man?

Wiltshire Police is asking members of the public to check their outbuildings (garages, sheds etc.) and boundaries of their properties in a bid to find missing 82-year-old Salisbury resident George Bassett.

George is described as a six feet tall male of slight build with grey hair. He is wearing blue jeans, black short sleeved top and brown shoes. He wears a brace on his right leg and walks with the aid of crutches.

He was last seen near to the Nomansland Village Hall around midday on Tuesday (July 18).

Acting Inspector Russell Griffin said: “Currently, we’re not asking for volunteers to help with the search as we have police officers along with dog support, drones and specialist search teams searching for George. “Please understand that, although well intentioned, un-directed searches are likely to hamper those officers on the ground.”

If you can help with our enquiries or have any information about George’s whereabouts, please contact Wiltshire Police on 101.

07:59KEY EVENT

Schools expected to close today after yesterday's water leak

Several schools are expected to be closed today following the water leak that affected thousands of homes yesterda.

More wet weather is on the way

There’s quite a bit of drizzle around south Somerset this morning - and the Met Office is claiming that there’s more on the way.

Today is expected to be dry and bright, with most of the region being overcast and just the occasional shower.

But heavy rain will spread eastwards across the region from tomorrow morning, and it will be very windy to begin with.Fortunately, no weather warnings have yet been issued for the south west - so you’ll need your umbrella tomorrow but not your wellington boots.

It will also remain quite warm, with temperatures getting up to 19 or 20 degrees both today and tomorrow.

07:12

Your live blog team this morning

Somerset Live reporter Daniel Mumby and digital editor Thomas Cock are in charge of our news feed this morning. If there’s something we need to know, please get in touch - you can comment on this blog, tweet us, contact us on Facebook, or you can e-mail thomas.cock@westgaz.co.uk or ring us on 01935 709734.

06:56KEY EVENT

Bristol Water says all supplies are restored

In a statement at 6.15am today, Bristol Water said: “The water supply has now returned to all our customers affected by the burst (pipe) in Willsbridge.

“Some customers may experience cloudy water or slight discolouration. This is normal after works in the network. Please run taps for a couple of minutes to clear this.

“This has been one of the biggest incidents in our history.

“Thank you to everyone in the community who rallied around supporting each other to get water to those who needed it.

“We appreciate this was a difficult situation and we know how important water is to your everyday life.

“If you are still having issues please contact our customer services team on 0800 373 501.”

The company began pumping water into the Keynsham and Willsbridge areas just before 11pm on Wednesday.

At around 12.40am on Thursday it said the water supply was slowly returning to Hanham and Longwell Green, although some customers were still experiencing no water.

Bristol Water said the process was slower than usual to avoid another burst.

Three water bowsers are still in Keynsham and would be manned until 2am-3am it said.